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Because a residential college seeks to create an
environment in which students and faculty benefit from the exchange of
insights, ideas, and experiences, a residence requirement provides adequate
time for such an exchange for the student's development both inside and outside
the classroom. Contemplative study, maturation, and time for reading and
discussion in the college community all are considered important to a student's
development.
All students are expected to complete eight
full-time college semesters, a specified number of which must be in residence
at Grinnell. Students who enter Grinnell after June 2002 as first-semester
first-year students or who transfer to Grinnell as second-semester first-year
students are required to complete at least six semesters of full-time
enrollment in residence at Grinnell. One semester of approved off-campus study
may count toward the six-semester residency requirement. Transfer students who
enter as first-semester second-year students, as second-semester second-year
students, or as third-year students must complete at least four semesters of
full-time residence at Grinnell. Full-time enrollment is enrollment for at least 12 semester credits. The only off-campus programs that can be
counted toward residency for second-year and third-year transfer students are
those operated by Grinnell College (currently Grinnell-in-London and
Grinnell-in-Washington, D.C.).
If an eighth-semester student in good standing
leaves the College with eight or fewer nonmajor credits to complete toward the
degree, these credits may be completed at another accredited college or
university, as long as the minimum residency credit requirement has been met
and prior approval has been granted by the student's adviser and the registrar.
Degrees are not conferred beyond three years after the date a student leaves
Grinnell.
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